Improvement in letter-boxes



EDWIN T. Massager nooHEsTEauEW viro-RK..

LettersPatent No. 104,043, dated June 7, 1870.

IMPRO'V'EMENT IN LETTER-BOXES.

, j The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN T. MARSH, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State otl N ew York, have invented a new andvaluableImprovement in Letter-Boxes and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the Vconstruction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing makinga part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures ofreference marked thereon. p

Figure -1 of the drawing is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a centralvertical section of the same.

My invention relates to private mail-boxes, and consists, mainly, in theconstruction and novel arrangement ol' a secure receptacle for letters,to be attached to the inner side of the door of a. dwelling or oliiee,the

opening to the box being so arranged that newspapers, magazines, andother bulky articles can be passed through to the floor of the h all 'orapartment.Y

The letter A of the drawing represents a section of the door, to whichthe mail-box B is attached, being fastened thereto by one or two screwsthrough the inner anch a, extending up liom the bottom of. the box, nextthe door A.

.In front of the box is a small opening, through which the letters aretaken out. It is closed bya door, b,

hinged at the top, and provided with a suitable lock. Below this openingis a narrow horizontal opening, c,

glazed,in order that the presence of letters within the box may bedetermined without unlocking the same.

l) represents the inclined slot 'in the door through which all themailmatter is passed.

E represents a shifting or hinged cover to the letterbox, so arrangedthat, when resting on the lower edge of the slot D, it will be parallelwith the stationary top F ofthe box, thereby allowing all newspapers,lnagal Zines, die., to be passed-over it through the inclined passageGr.

Then letters are to be delivered, the front'of the shifting-plate E israised, and 'the letters introduced below it through the slot D. Thecover E then falls, by its own weight, into place, while the letterspass over the inclined plate or guard H, and fall to the bottom of thebox. 'p v l W`hat I claim as' my invention, and desire toseeure byLetters Patent, is

The mail-box` herein described, designed to be attached to doorsorpartitions, and provided with the shifting cover E, inclined plane H,ilanch a, and glazed opening c, when constructed and operated as and forthe purposes herein specified.

In testimony that 'I claim the above, I have here unto subscribed my.name in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

'FRANK TAYLOR,

H. F. RiorrARnsos.V

nnwiN fr. MARSH.

